School: Clochar na Trócaire (Maothal) (roll number 13770)
- Location:
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: An tSr. Mícheal le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0216, Page 115
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- (continued from previous page)ready for turning on the anvil, and all they have to do is cut out the horse shoes.
The smiths are finding it very hard to make their living now, as iron is double the price that it was last year and four times the price it was before the war.
There is another forge in Redhill owned by Patrick Murray and everybody came miles to that forge to hear that smith tell stories. This man used to make loys, slanes and mend ploughs.
Smiths are always very healthy men, as the air in the forge is very healthy. The smiths have not as much work to do(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Ghallobhchair
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Cáit Ní Gallcobair
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Occupation
- Siopadóir
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
